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ELITOR'£ COLUMN This edition of

: : tne Newsletter is turning into quite

EX r St rz E EG Sé = er a E an adventure in parts swapping. Last

; nignt, My disc drive went down,

EE n B A a a taking my working copy of the

G = rri eee newsietter with it. After the
Goligatory weeping and gnazmipma Of

E a Led E ia = lee ba WW teeth, I decided to pull out some

: R oid EqUIPMENt and try to put out the

newsletter “by alternate means”. I burrowed around until I found mi

old Memotext module with the broken edge connector, found an extra

connector in the parts box, and Stayed up well past z s.m. repairing

it, I aM glad to have it on line, though mu zioppWu work will get sent
to Dan Elliott for a repair as SOON as the newsletter is out. I QUESS

the moral of ine Story ig you can newer have Loo much "statt": spares
are az good az qoid. If you find sOMething You might need, pick it upi
there*tz not a lot of mew stutt coming our way unless uou can build jt
ugourzelf. "HUET zaid, nog, I'd like to welcome some new members that
have Come through tne PUbiic Domain Library program: ROM Brann,
Pasadena, Ca: Gary Zohn, West Heu Cork, HJ; Bob Barnett, Ft. Myers,
indiana, Pm, We alsa

FLs Dar Staignt, Casper, Wén and Wiiliam Forbes,

have a new exchange newsletter, the CRAGIST Mewzietier, courtesy Of
Don Lambert, Cedar Rapids, If. Weicome to you alli I hope that VISTA
Will Prove to be a Help to You jm the coming months. Fesi free to
contact me at iz0552967-931i15, and Ii] do my best to meio... TOU

Wiliina, ed.

GUOOIES Ili-- Casting soOUTt, 1 have man aged to drag in tuo Triangle
Sinciair group neusietterz, voi. G, Ho. 6, and one Vol, EE Le A 9
Cagpitai District ciub newsletters: a "49 Explosive Games for ZX-81"
book Gu Tim Hartneii: a ZSS intermediate;/advanced guideoook,; a copy
orf "Timex Sinclair User", voi. 1, NO. 9j and a TE2068 "Fiight
SimUlator" command cartridge with docs, If Wou're interested in any of
these itemz, drop me a line or cali; mnd we can work something OUT,

ERROR TRAPFIMG-~ Teens the "Zx-TUFbO" listing from last (SSU
Short Some code, reports Bob Barnett of Ft, Myers, FL. I inc
program courtesy of tne Vancouver Sinclair User Group newsizt
Appeal", but somewhere along tre Waly, about Z2 oytes wert le OL
Bob ran through it with a dissssembler and Made this discovery. rne Mas
Written Lo YEG in hopes of BILLIG the Missing Codes; wren me does we
Will Bubiizn the corrected program. Bob may ewer f£inizm the code
himzelf if he receives no reciu. Thanks for Yor Efforts, Bob.

FOR SALE One Digital Devices 84% Printer Buffer, complete. Heu RAM
Chips, veru good condition. £35.80, write to R. Arthur Gindin, Medical
Arts clinic, Suite zz, Princeton, Wy 7937949,

AM oMZOLICITED LUG If you pave a ZX/TS on the Sick list, there IS
Someone Wha wiil fix it-- Dan Eiliott of Promise Land EZiectronics,. I
Cannot recommend his work highiuy enough; very fast and VERY
reasonable. He recentiy out a 2063 of mine back together for $25 that
I had Given up on. He does upgrades and custom building as weil as
repair. TOU Can "each Dan at Rt. i, Box 117, CaboO!, MU 556283,
«4175408-4971 weekends, ana 4314073971712 evenings, Sunday through
Thursday.

LARKEM OCT REPORT/LIVING WITH oa LARKEN-- AS I have alread, mentioned,
I ain jiving on cassette Lans again for the time being, af I have sent
the Larken ODOT to Damn Eliot for reoair. Megrshiie, I sti | nave some
utiiitijez to assist other Larken 1080 FOI user The dist Utility
programs are backed Up on Cassette tape and I |! Spplu trem to
anyone jnterezteg enough tO contact me. The D ic tor program oy
Peter MCU Lim ig a muüzt-nawe if MOR LS eyer à directory Pac K,
and tnere jz a copy Utility for Z drives that alzo Wsefui. Pail me
à Cassette With return postage and you can see for yoursei¢. I am aizo
inciuding im this iggsJUg the zcnemnaticz for the Larken 1983 FOI,
sUpplied to VIETA bu Larry Kenng4. These are very useful if you happen
t2 have a problem or reed to bou spare parts, sz Le partz lizt iz
included, Jameco Eiectranics ¢ yer number 135 nag most of tne pants
listed for Sais át discount prices, ready to Ge ciosed out, o if you
need Some Spare parts, but) o Quick Check revealgz that most cor tne
Chips are priced at $.zze tO £2.98, 20 it would pe relatively
inexpensive to outfit uourzeis with a combplete set of zpare Crips.
Jameca can be reached £4 nours at i94195»59z-60807, ofr written at i395
Shoreway Rd., Belmont, CA Gap,

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BITS AND PIECEZ-- i am sure most of You know that Fred Nachbaur’ s
products Were taken over by Jiu Horne in Vancouver, Canada. Lately I
nave bad disturbing reports that people have sent nim money ana/on
hardware tor trade and have not heard Fram mim since. This if notninag
neu in the Sinc air hobby, and I nope that he iS Just running into
some time constraint problems, as we ail do. Most Of these Zi?
businesses are one-man shows, done after your main employment ix
for the day. Im an case, I am going to write to Jii Horne, ae m

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catalog has Many interesting innings that are Uravsilable eisewcosre and
it woulo be a Shame to jose Saber source or innovative atad A 2
Qf YOU have azked scout SMUG 19 iw PrOD EZZ. InevitaeciWu, EC PE an
Organiztion sz this iz goi 3 take some Lime to put tT
eiectigns nave taker piace i HMatnarnmzon mas een z l ec Led E res ! pen S d
and they have had tneih Fi soared meeting, The Pubiic Domaii iibrari

policies are being set and librarians confirmed, and their first issue
oF the Club mewlettercvinagazinég if nearly ready. Thé editor iz Gar
LESSEMberry, Who was transferred Du the Military to Japan temporarily
JUST BEFORE he could Get the mewsletter to the printers. Mei bas algo
had some Health proclems lately, Which tende ta slow things, cut that
iS all hopfully behind mim and aii Systems are "go". Contact SMUG at
7512 Amrbordgdale Dra, Fort Richey, FL 394959. AS you know, Tim Ward and I
have been asked to be SHUG Tz-198GG librarian, and we have given them a
fond) tional “yes", but we also Want to Keep Some degree of
independence and Keep the Library a wser-gQroun effort. The details are
uet to be finalized, but ue NOE for an agreement that will benefit
Sli. Finally, what of "Time Gesiqns” magazine? ell imndicationz out of
Oregon point to Tim Woodz* desire to continue the magazine. Tin mas
reorganized the magazine and delegated zome edi torial aUtnoh"itu Lo

Lj ghnten his won"rkioad, afd ne noses to pUblizh Every Sixty days. Their
family mas had Some bardzbicz iSteiy as well, the | atest being the
jase of Tin’ fatner, and pSthween tne aforementioned, hiz employment,
and tne new addition to biS family, tne Hoods Family hag roua Jess
tine savailabpie for magazine production. We wish tà externa our sympathy
to Fhe Woods famil ana hope for better Limes imn the Montes to come

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iM THE MAILBAG-- The latest issue of "Time Designa" iz gut, vol.
+, no. Ba HEll, at least my copy is here. If you haven't received
Your Copy, Write or call and enotner" will be zent to uou. Time
Designz Magazine, ZS7zz Huit Ad., Colton, OR 97017, «5EG0Z»Sz4-z558,
The jatest fiyer from Curry Computer <POB 5667, Glendale, AZ
GO3S12-2607, ARZ SFB- offers Close out pricing on ali iines
Of LATE software, from T/x-icou Lo Spectrum, and trey aiso
SUpPOrt the QL ana mztrad iipnzz. AS the Say in their Flyer,
Please Call for more information. Finallu, I received word from
Parker Electronics in Jacksorw: lie, FL that trey had some 7946
printer paper ror zaie. Lotz of it. 49 Cases of it. At S roiis per
Back, 15 parc CS oer Case, 4G Cases, that's about ZORO roilz of
Paper, Maybe more, az Kathy Kwilogz, im charge ot moving tris
Paper, was not Sure exactly how much they nad. Parker Electronics
ManU tag tures computer-control neatingo and cooling systems for a
Major company in tnat figid, and they used T/s-iGGGs az control
devices and zG4G printers for readouts. They sold off all tme
hardware and ended Up with a Warehouse fUli of thermal paper. I
Qut her in touch with Rod Gower: o£ RMG Enterprises ¢1419 1/2 7th
SE, Oregon City, OR 97045, C(S5G32585-743895 and I hope Rad could
Strike a qood deal and offer à Zaig on thermal paper!

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Iieuzietteh"z bu hand-- m4 files are on disc! The JOUE of
being tne editor and fybiizher..,. I nome tne Schematics HOME

USS FUI to you, and I wili incide a SPOGAN Skoi ssion from member
Berry schugpan of Kent, Me, Linti i next Lime, SIMCLARIEL*Y, Tony
Wiliimng*VISTA, FOR 199, vaznon, WA wSs7mG,

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